EXECUTIVE COACHING ENHANCES
YOUR LEADERSHIP
Coaching is a powerful development journey that enhances your leadership
Coaching focuses on your unique context, needs, and goals. You gain insight into your values and blind spots, strengths, and challenges. You get new perspectives and see new opportunities. Create new strategies on how to best navigate in a complex business environment. All to make you a stronger and more conscious leader.
We zoom in on specific situations, issues, feelings, and stakeholders to help you navigate. In parallel, we zoom out to understand the big picture (patterns, context, history, and future) to build deep insight and leadership capability.
We partner on finding the solutions. We follow up and ensure that our work results in behavioral change and creates a sustainable impact on your leadership.
EXAMPLES OF WHEN COACHING
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE
LEADERSHIP TRANSITION
A leader transitions from leading individuals to leading leaders. Coaching focuses on identifying and developing the capabilities required to transition successfully.
FOCUS & OVERVIEW
A leader faces a demanding period of transformation and restructuring. Coaching offers him a safe space and sparring to help build personal strength, focus, and overview.
ENERGY & DIRECTION
A leader seeks coaching to become a more authentic and impactful leader. Assessment and coaching help the leader discover her values, strengths, and drivers to fuel energy, provide meaning, and guide future direction.
MANAGE COMPLEXITY
Operating in a global matrix organization is challenging. Coaching offers the leader a sparring partner on how to navigate complexity – managing dilemmas, conflicts, and stakeholders.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
My coaching approach is candid and caring. I challenge, manage, and steer when required but I do so in a very supportive and empathetic way. I am not afraid of offering my perspective and advice, however, always let you conclude, decide, and act.
The coaching process is initiated by ½ hour introductory conversation (non-binding). If there is a good match, we agree on goals and initiate coaching. Each session lasts 1-1½ hours and takes place face-to-face or online.
In between coaching sessions, you often work on agreed exercises or actions. We may supplement with assessment or engagement of relevant parties in your organization to ensure further insight and anchoring.
Another option is to combine coaching sessions with ongoing sparring. Parallel with the coaching sessions, you have unlimited access to brief ad-hoc sparring (online/phone) with me to get advice and manage here-and-now situations.
WHAT DO PEOPLE SAY
ABOUT MY COACHING?
Ulla stands out as an exceptional coach, combining clarity, empathy, and a deep understanding of professional challenges.
During our sessions, Ulla consistently created a safe and supportive environment. Her ability to be fully present and actively listen made each session uniquely valuable.
What I particularly appreciated was the structured approach Ulla employed. We always had clear objectives for each session, which kept us focused and made sure we were always working towards tangible outcomes.
Ulla's coaching was instrumental in helping me develop deeper insights and translate these into actionable steps. She has a natural talent for facilitating learning and personal growth, making her an invaluable asset to anyone seeking professional development.
Dr Iain Brown, Head of Data Science,
Northern Europe, SAS
Ulla serves as a coach and strategic partner at the senior management levels, leveraging her extensive experience, diverse skillsets, and engaging personality to support leaders in thriving and growing.
Kjersti Grimsrud,
President/COO, Convatec
In coaching, Ulla establishes a safe yet challenging environment, enabling the coachee to achieve personal growth and become a stronger team player.
John Lindskog,
former President/COO, Convatec